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pyr-, pyri, pyrum, pyrus, -pyrus (see pirus) New Latin a pear, according to the OED, from medieval and<br />

modern Latin, an erroneous spelling of Latin pirus pear-tree. Adopted by Linnæus as the genus name. The<br />

letter ‘y’ was a relatively late adoption from Greek into the Roman alphabet, making pirus an older, more<br />

correct form.<br />

pyr-, -pyr, pyri, pyro fire, from ancient Greek πῦρ, πυρο, πυρος, πυρρος, πύ-ιρ, pyr, pyro, pyros, pyrrhos, pyir,<br />

fire, classical Latin pyro-<br />

pyr-, pyrum, -pyrum Greek πυρος, pyros, wheat<br />

pyr- referring to a pear, or actually any fruit, or to fire.<br />

pyra Greek πυρα, pyra, funeral pyre.<br />

Pyracantha Pyracan'tha (pi-ra-KAN-tha) fire thorn, from Greek πυρ-ακανθα, pyr, fire, and akantha, thorn,<br />

referring to the flower color or the lasting effects of pricks from the thorns, from Dioscorides’ πυρακανθα,<br />

pyrakantha.<br />

pyracanthus -a -um fire-thorn, from πυρ-ακανθα, pyr-akantha, from the persistent irritation caused by the<br />

thorns; or <strong>with</strong> yellow or red spines, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.<br />

Pyracomeles the name of hybrids between Pyrus and Chaenomeles.<br />

pyrainus -a -um a name used by Rafinesque-Schmaltz for a Pyrus synonymous <strong>with</strong> P. amygdaliformis,<br />

from πυρα, pyra, a funeral place or pyre, a fire place.<br />

pyrali-, pyralid, pyralis Greek an insect fabled to live in fire<br />

pyrami for Pyramus, Thisbe’s lover.<br />

pyramid, pyramida Greek a pyramid; shaped like a pyramid<br />

pyramidalis -is -e pyramid-shaped, pyramidal, conical, from Greek πυραµις, pyramis.<br />

pyramidatus -a -um pyramidal, conical, from Latin pyramis, pyramidis, noun, from Greek πυραµις,<br />

πυραµιδις, pyramis, pyramidis, (not πψραµιδις as in one source) a pyramid, and -atus, adjectival suffix for<br />

nouns: possessive of or likeness of something, <strong>with</strong>, shaped, made.<br />

Pyramidula Latin pyramis, pyramid, and -ula, diminutive, alluding to calyptra<br />

pyraster an old derogatory generic name, from Pyrus-aster.<br />

pyranaeus, pyrenaicus, pyrenaeus referring to the Pyrenees Mountains on the border France and Spain<br />

pyren, -pyren, pyreno kernel-, stone-, as in a fruit stone, from πυρην, pyren.<br />

pyren- referring to grain<br />

pyrena kernel or stone (as in the Medlar).<br />

Pyrenacantha grain and thorn<br />

pyrenaeus -a -um, pyrenaicus -a -um from the Pyrenees mountain range, from Pyrene, Pyrenes.<br />

pyrenaicus, pyrenaceus from the Pyrenees mountains.<br />

pyrenocarp a stone fruit.<br />

pyrenomyces fire-fungi, πυρην-µυκες, pyren-mykes, appearing on burnt earth.<br />

pyret-, pyreti, pyreto Greek fever; fire<br />

pyrethrifolius -a -um <strong>with</strong> leaves resembling those of Pyrethrum (now called Tanacetum), from Pyrethrumfolium.<br />

Pyrethrum, pyrethrum fire, πυρ-εθρον pyr-ethron, (medicinal use in treating fevers); Feverfew; Bachelor's<br />

button, or herba muralis, pellitory; Pyrethrum parthenion, the root is hot, used for toothache, from Celsus.<br />

pyrexi Greek fever; fire<br />

pyrg-, pyrgo-, pyrgus, -pyrgus Greek a tower<br />

pyri Greek: fire; New Latin: a pear<br />

pyri-, pyri Pear pirus, pyrus, living on Pyrus (Lastodiplosis, dipteran gall midge)<br />

pyriferus -a -um bearing fruits resembling pears, pyrus-fero.<br />

pyrifolius pear-leaved, having leaves resembling Pyrus, from Pyrus-folium.<br />

pyriform, pyriformis -is -e, piriformis formed like a pear, pear-shaped, from Pyrus-forma.<br />

pyrin-, pyrino Greek of fire; of wheat<br />

pyriodorus -a -um, piriodorus <strong>with</strong> a pear -smell, pear-scented, from Pyrus -odor.<br />

pyro Greek fire; wheat (typically seen as -pyrum or -pyron)<br />

pyro-, pyrro-, pyrrho- fire, πυρ-, πυρος, πυρο-, πυρρος, -πυρρο-, pyr-, pyros-, pyro-, pyrrhos, pyrrho-.<br />

Pyrocrataegus the name for hybrids between Pyrus and Crataegus.<br />

Pyrocydonia the name formula for graft hybrids and chimeras between Pyrus and Cydonia.<br />

pyrocladus <strong>with</strong> red boughs.<br />

pyrogalus -a -um <strong>with</strong> yellowish-red sap (boring! and wrong): or fiery milk or burning milk, Greek, πυρ,<br />

πυρος, pyr, pyros, and γαλα, gala, milk, for the taste of the sap.

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